Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach has stunned her fans and followers as she was seen glamming up to mark the New Year - after being 'snapped back to reality' with her soap star cousin.
19.12.2023 - 12:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Zara McDermott has worried fans after sharing a snap from a hospital bed. The documentary maker was only seen back live on our TV screens on Saturday night (December 16) during the Strictly Come Dancing final.
The BBC One dance contest's class of 2023 returned to the ballroom for one last group dance as this year's series came to a close. The final saw Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola, Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell battle it out to be this year's champions.
And after three dances each, it was former Coro nation Street star Ellie and her professional dance partner Vito who were announced as this year's winners and triumphantly lifted the coveted Glitterball trophy.
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But days on from the epic finale, and Zara has shared how she has landed up in hospital. The former Love Island star revealed she had been admitted for a mystery procedure but looked like it was a planned visit to the hospital.
Zara, 27, posted a picture to her instagram stories in pink pyjamas sat in a hospital bed with a cannula in her arm and a ID wristband around her arm. "Had a little procedure done yesterday!" she wrote before adding: "Now ready for a super chilled Xmas."
It comes after Zara was seen celebrating her birthday in lavish style with her boyfriend Sam Thompson. Fresh from his winning moment in Autralia after taking part in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.
The couple dressed up and heading to The Ritz to celebrate the special occasion with Zara sharing a sweet image of the recently reunited pair posing
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